Author Debra Werner

Amid rumors and what-if scenarios, NASA tells researchers to “be a source of signal, not a source of noise.”
At a time when NASA earth scientists are concerned their research may be scuttled by the incoming Tr...

With companies planning to send thousands of small satellites into orbit in the next decade, the launch industry faces enormous rewards, but also significant challenges.
Launch providers will only succeed if t...

An avalanche of commercial spacecraft are bound for orbit. Will they need commercial data-relay networks to keep in touch? These firms think so.
Ralph Ewig was coordinating communications for SpaceX Dragon ca...

From technical assistance to access to financing, a satellite shop sets itself up as smallsat one-stop
Space Systems Loral, a company best known for building geostationary telecommunications satellites as big ...

As Boeing, SpaceX and OneWeb grab headlines with plans to launch enormous satellite constellations, a quieter campaign is being waged by the firms vying for the job of helping government and commercial satellit...

Utah State University researcher has shown that reflect array antennas printed directly on solar panels can relay data without significantly reducing the panels’ ability to produce power, in a study with implic...

A new contract by U.S. Strategic Command’s space organization shows the U.S. military’s attention to a growing problem for government and commercial satellite operators: radio-frequency interference.
On Oct. 2...

When it comes to securing the U.S. military’s satellite advantage, would the Defense Department be wise to fly commercial?
The U.S. Defense Department is at a crossroads when it comes to maintaining its hold o...

The former head of U.S. Strategic Command took a hard look at how U.S. space capabilities would fare under attack. His verdict? Not so great.
Credit: Level 3 Communications
Few people are in a better positio...

Two minutes before the launch of the Sky Muster 2, NBN Chief Executive Bill Morrow looked anxious. He got up from his seat to stand in satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral’s conference room in Palo Alto, ...

Many U.S. residents face the same problem Australia is grappling with: consumers without access to high-speed internet.
On top of that, there are tens of millions of American’s whose cable or DSL services are ...

Zero 2 Infinity plans to fire a rocket above controlled airspace for the first time in October, an important milestone in the Spanish firm’s effort to build Bloostar, a small satellite launch vehicle that rises...